Culinary Events
Five Popular Panini Try saying that five times fast, then head for La Maison Gourmet for this class, where you'll learn to make these popular Italian pressed and grilled sandwiches. $25. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18. 471 Main St., Dunedin. 727-736-6400. Tampa Bay Culinary Club The Tampa Bay Culinary club invites you to join…
The List
Visual Arts Openings HCC-Ybor Gallery, in the Performing Arts Building, Palm Avenue at 15th Street, Ybor City (813-253-7674). HCC's campus gallery season begins with Words-Stories-Images, an exhibition of visual poems, photo collages and altered atlases by Fort Lauderdale artist Mimi Shapiro. The exhibit opens Monday, Aug. 20, and runs through Oct.1. Hours are 9 a.m.…
Soundboard
Thursday, Aug. 16 Events State Theatre Good Riddance/TSOL/Death By Stereo/Nerve Agents Bars/Small Stages Adam's Mark Jamtasticks/Hammer Head AJ's Ale House Sal Beloise Alley Cat's Cafe Diane Bahama Mama's Michael Hasting Beach Place (Whitey's) Pirate Big J.R.'s The Sevilles Bourbon Street 97X Night w/Ironic Daze/Population Zero/Dogs Brass Mug Johnny Danger Cadillac Jack's Stormbriner Carlie's Rebel Pride…
Clone Rangers
Cyberpunk is passe. The Internet boom was a joke. Steve Jobs is a dink, Bill Gates is a fascist, and Carly Fiorina has lost the Midas touch. The days of Mondo 2000 are long over. What new techno-arts revolution will come next? Which new batch of writers and mad scientists will inspire us in the…
The Ugly, The Bad and The Good
Can you picture what will be So limitless and free Desperately in need of some stranger's hand In a desperate land —Jim Morrison, "The End" I'm thinking about water — water in the desperate land of the Tampa Bay burgs — as I pack to head north to Atlanta. The "water story" is the perennial…
Freebie
The proposition of organizing and maintaining the strength of an open mic poetry night is a tenuous one. There are dates to arrange, issues of poetic style and subject to consider, credibility to establish and word of mouth to generate. This proposition has been well negotiated over the past two years by poet Diana Browning,…
The Alley Cat Strays
The Alley Cat Strays One of the most hopeful events in Bay area theater activity recently has been the emergence of the Alley Cat Players. Formed by Jo Averill and Teresa Gallar, the Alley Cats first stepped onto the scene with Emma Goldman: Love, Anarchy and Other Affairs, a rare act of political theater which,…
Outtakes
A.I. (PG-13) A film directed by Steven Spielberg based on a long-gestating idea by Stanley Kubrick, A.I. is an odd and intriguing hybrid of a movie, combining elements that smack of both filmmakers but not really fully in either's camp. The story tells us of a little robot boy (Haley Joel Osment) who has troubles…
The Wine List
E-mail information on events for The Wine List to corkscrew@creativeloafing.com or write to Corkscrew: 1310 E. Ninth Ave., Tampa, FL 33605. Sign o' the Wines The Zodiac Group, a fundraising group for the Salvador Dali Museum, local artists and the Bay area art scene, hosts a Spanish wines tasting amid the works of Dali at…
An Apple for the Bosses
A union leader praises Hillsborough County school officials as teachers vote on a tentative contract. But she says Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature deserve raspberries. By Francis X. Gilpin "Right, then left," said Yvonne Lyons. The schoolteacher-turned-unionistwas instructing a reporter how to get back to the lobby of the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association building…
Public Life
Starting a Business Thursday, Aug. 16 3-5:30 p.m.The Suncoast/Pinellas Chapter of SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) holds a workshop, 10 Steps to Starting a Small Business. The workshop will be held in the conference room of the Clearwater Airport Business Center, 4500 140th Ave. N., Suite 103. Enrollment costs $15. Call 727-532-6800. Aquatic Program…
Web Site of the Week
Ninja Dispatchhttp://www.bluesforbuddha.com/ninjas/index.cfm It is a time of disquiet. Your e-mail is plagued with Spam of the vilest sort — trite forwards and asinine chain letters. Honor has become a thing of the past, and these messages clog your Inbox, distractions from the day, offsetting your Chi. Those whom you once considered allies seem more content…
Dining Guide
HILLSBOROUGH Brandon La Septima Cafe, 140 N. Parsons Ave., Brandon (813-684-1948). You'll find a taste of the original Latin flavors of old Ybor in this quaint little Brandon cafe. Look for large portions and excellent Cuban sandwiches, succulent roast pork and saffron-kissed chicken and rice. $ Tampa Carrollwood/ Northwest Tampa Kaisen Sushi, 12785 N. Dale…
Casita-Style Comida
Since Ponce de Leon first set foot on our sandy soil and declared it "Floor-EE-dah!"— land of flowers — our pantry has been heavily stocked with the foods of Spanish-speaking peoples. And since large numbers of our early settlers were from Spain and Cuba, it is their dishes that dominate. In Tampa Bay, this has…
Letters to the Editor
Adios, John We're sad to say this is John Sugg's last week at the Planet. He's moving to our sister publication, Creative Loafing Atlanta, where he will soon be ripping into the Southern power structure with his signature combination of eloquence and pugnaciousness. His work will still appear in our pages from time to time,…
MUSIC MENU
Good Riddance w/TSOL/Death By Stereo/Nerve Agents Tony and Dave present the punk-rock equivalent of a Bennigan's sampler platter. You know, it's the one with all the various appetizers, none of which are good for you in any way, but all of which are tasty. Melodicore stalwarts Good Riddance deliver fiery, buffalo-style slash and burn. Seminal…
Ohio Players
When asked if Gold Circles' transmogrification from manic slabs of distortion to a more textured dynamic has anything to do with newfound maturity, Steve Five replies with one of those casual profundities one spends the next couple of weeks trying to slide into a conversation. "Maturing is just rebelling against what you did before," deadpans…
A Final Farewell
This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend —Jim Morrison, "The End" I have railed on ad nauseam about white bastions such as the Palma Ceia Country Club. So, my good friend Bruce Sampson thought it only fitting to drag me to the club's "Men's Grill" for a farewell lunch.…
Spins
CHARLIE PARKER Washington Concerts More than 50 years after the bebop revolution, no one has been able to play the saxophone with the agility, command and sheer aplomb of Charlie Parker. John Coltrane, probably the second most revered sax slinger of the post-bop era, played with a raging intensity built from hard-won dedication and, later…
Race Relations
It's a little strange how many people still think of Jerry Zucker as The Airplane Guy. Seems like Zucker just can't get away from being typecast as the clown who, along with his brother David, ushered in what seemed like a whole new breed of gleefully nonsensical filmmaking with the original Airplane movies — not…
The Wine Poser
We've seen them holding court in restaurants: the proud, self-proclaimed wine connoisseurs who appear to know everything about wine and even manage to pronounce "Pouilly Fuisse" correctly (pu-EE-FWEE-say). They slowly peruse the wine list and duly impress everyone. But here's a well-kept secret: Most of these people know only the basics and a few buzzwords.…
Planet Picks
Thursday 8.16 Being Spike Jonze The cinematic directorial debut from acclaimed music video director (Weezer, Beastie Boys, Bjork) and Three Kings photographer Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich is an audaciously original fantasy starring John Cusack and Cameron Diaz. The story concerns an unkempt and chronically unemployed street puppeteer (Cusack) who discovers a portal into the…
Books
bChoke By Chuck Palahniuk Doubleday/$24.95 If you attend church on a regular basis or believe sex is only a product of being in love, you likely will not adore this book. Palahniuk, author of the bestseller turned major-motion picture Fight Club, writes with a captivating rawness that sends readers racing through the pages. Once again,…
Debunking the wine poseur
Raise your glass, lower your nose
